{"id":27,"date":"2015-06-19T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:33:28","slug":"fun-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/fun-things\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/Types-of-College-Teachers.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/Cartoon2-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cartoon2\" width=\"189\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/Cartoon2-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/Cartoon2.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><br><\/a>Types of College Teachers<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/Types-of-College-Teachers.pdf\"> (By Matt Groening)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/treegenesdb.org\/nafgs\">North American Forest Genetics Society<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafgs24.org\/\">biennial meeting<\/a> is taking place on June 10-14, 2024, in Oaxaca, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a remarkable scholarly reassignment (sabbatical) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa (March-December 2023).  Thanks to Prof. Zander Myburg for his support and friendship, and thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/\">Fulbright<\/a> U.S. Scholar program for funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-scaled.jpg\" data-fullsize=\"2560x1707\" data-zoom=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/001_20230918_EYEscape-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Forest Genetics Program at the University of Pretoria students, staff, and professors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/IMG_3207-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/fikretisik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/IMG_3207-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue journey on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey (September 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of College Teachers (By Matt Groening) North American Forest Genetics Society&#8216;s biennial meeting is taking place on June 10-14, 2024, in Oaxaca, Mexico. 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